Rescue

Taiwanese soldiers pull a woman to safety as residents of the village of Sinfa, cut off by the flooded Ba Si Lan River, are evacuated using emergency cables and slings. Flooding caused by Typhoon Morakot took the lives of 32 villagers.

Taiwanese soldiers pull a woman to safety as residents of the village of Sinfa, cut off by the flooded Ba Si Lan River, are evacuated using emergency cables and slings. Flooding caused by Typhoon Morakot took the lives of 32 villagers. (Wally Santana / Associated Press)

Taiwanese soldiers pull a woman to safety as residents of the village of Sinfa, cut off by the flooded Ba Si Lan River, are evacuated using emergency cables and slings. Flooding caused by Typhoon Morakot took the lives of 32 villagers.Wally Santana / Associated Press